adjective
incompatible
ihng-kuhm-PA-tih-buhl
adjective
1
Unable to exist, work, or coexist together due to fundamental differences.
"The new software is incompatible with older versions of the operating system."
"Their personalities turned out to be completely incompatible."
How to Use Incompatible
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDoesn't fit or work together with something else.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
incompatible with
mutually incompatible
incompatible software
Word Forms
more incompatible comparative, incompatibles plural, most incompatible superlative
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Etymology
Borrowed from French incompatible, from in- ("not") + compatible.